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Integrity Interactive, a leading provider of web-based corporate ethics and compliance services, has announced its new Corporate Citizenship course covering the principles of good citizenship wherever a company does business in the world. This latest course identifies what it means to be a corporate citizen and addresses key "corporate citizenship" issues...

King & Spalding LLP successfully represented Humphreys (Cayman) Limited, developer of The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, in a breach of contract action against Fluor Daniel Caribbean, Inc. and Fluor Enterprises, Inc. in a three-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Humphreys was awarded $28.8 million,...

Connell Foley LLP has enhanced its presence in New Jersey's second largest city by relocating its Jersey City law office to the Harborside Financial Center, a waterfront district at the heart of redevelopment along the Hudson River in Jersey City. The firm retains its other offices in Roseland, NJ, Philadelphia and New York City.

John P. Blasko, a special counsel with Fox Rothschild LLP and co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group, last month spoke at three seminars. These Advanced Patent Cooperation Treaty Practice seminars, sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), addressed changes to the Patent Cooperation Treaty rules and...

Corporation Service Company(CSC) has announced that it has executed a stock purchase agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Diligenz, Inc., headquartered in Mukilteo, WA. Closing is subject to regulatory approval.

Arent Fox PLLC has seen rapid growth of their New York City office since the beginning of 2005. The firm plans to continue growing the office in the near future and is completing construction on two additional floors adjacent to its existing offices at 1675 Broadway.
Among the new attorneys in New York:

The Hon. William A. Dreier, a member of the Somerville, NJ law foirm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., last month participated as a panelist at the Commercial Mediation Workshop sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. The four-hour woprkshop presented strategies to help resolve conflicts between parties in a commercial...

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell is funding a new scholarship for law students associated with Equal Justice Works who have done an exceptional job practicing public interest law. Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association for Public Interest Law) was founded in 1986 by law students dedicated to working for equal justice on behalf of underserved...

Paul W. Butler has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm's white collar criminal defense practice in Washington, DC. In addition to representing clients in Department of Justice and other criminal and civil investigations and litigation, Mr. Butler will counsel clients on national security and Department of Defense-related...

TyMetrix recently announced the release of TyMetrix 360º version 1.3, the newest upgrade to TyMetrix's integrated suite of powerful web-based tools. This new release features a refined invoicing tool for greater reporting and enhanced matter grouping capabilities designed to automate business processes for increased management efficiencies in corporate law...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has announced that Charles M. Modlin has joined the firm as partner in the CorporatePractice Group. He will be resident in the firm's New York office. Previously, Mr. Modlin was a partner in the corporate department of Morrison Cohen LLP.

Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman, p.c. recently welcomed three new attorneys to the firm.
Steven J. Luckner is a memberof the firm'sEmployment Litigation Team representing employers in federal, state and administrative courts throughout the country.
Kenneth A. Rosenberg represents both public and private employers in all aspects of labor relations and...

Winstron & Strawn LLP announced the hiring of four attorneys from Kahn & Associés, including Sébastien Ducamp, who joins the firm as a partner and head of the office's labor law department. Joining as associates are Barbara Hart, Blaise Deltombe and Vanessa Lerner.
Mr. Ducamp, who was co-chair of the labor practice at Kahn, and his team have...

Proskauer Rose has announced a significant expansion of its Paris office with the addition of six partners from Rambaud Martel, one of France's largest and most well-regarded law firms. It is anticipated that they will be joined by up to 15 associates.

Goodwin Procter LLP has announced the addition of Allan S. Brilliant to the firm's Insolvency and Business Reorganization Practice. He joins the firm as a partner in theNew York office and will co-chair the Insolvency and Business Reorganization Practice with Emanuel C.Grillo.
Mr. Brilliant concentrates his practice in bankruptcy reorganizations and non-...

Matthew Bender LexisNexis is currently offering a pair of analytical treatises, one focusing on homeland security and one on employee benefits.
Matthew Bender rates the Homeland Security Deskbook as THE analytical book on homeland security. This comprehensive guide discusses and analyzes real problems that arise on the post-9/11 world and provides the...

The firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP has announced that Gerald J. Pappert, former attorney general of Pennsylvania, has joined the firm's Government Enforcement/White Collar Crime Group.
Mr. Pappert, resident in the Philadelphia office, focuses his practice on counseling clients on government and regulatory enforcement issues and...

Even if candidates ace the first interview, they should be prepared to go a few more rounds to prove they're a contender for the job. In a new survey, attorneys polled said that on average they interview candidates four times before extending an employment offer. They cited having little or no knowledge of the company or firm (37 percent) and uncertainty...

Arent Fox PLLC has seen rapid growth of its New York City office since the beginning of 2005. The firm plans to continue growing the office in the near future and is completing construction on two additional floors adjacent to its existing offices at 1675 Broadway.
Among the new attorneys in New York:

Paul W. Butler has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm's white collar criminal defense practice in Washington, DC. In addition to representing clients in Department of Justice and other criminal and civil investigations and litigation, Mr. Butler will counsel clients on national security and Department of Defense-related...

TyMetrix recently announced the release of TyMetrix 360º version 1.3, the newest upgrade to TyMetrix's integrated suite of powerful web-based tools. This new release features a refined invoicing tool for greater reporting and enhanced matter grouping capabilities designed to automate business processes for increased management efficiencies in corporate law...

Colorado, which has a successful statewide electronic filing initiative, has signed a three-year contract extension for the use of LexisNexis File & Serve, the e-filing system from LexisNexis U.S., a leading provider of legal, news and business information services, the company announced recently.